Mirror for dressing-tables and the like.



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MIRROR 4FOR DRESblNG TABLES'AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION F|L,ED JULY Il. |915.

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`JOSEPH It. ALBEN, OF GRAND RAiPIDS, MICHIGAN.

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To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH R. ALBEN, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident l ofthe city of Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invent- 'ed certain new and useful Improvements in ysingle direct reflection. Such mirrors usually form part of ladies dressing tables. The object of my present invention ls'to provide a mirror of this character in which vthe view will not be obstructed or broken.

In the present device the mirror sections Vpresent an unbroken or uninterrupted refleeting surface from one side tothe other.

The sidey and middle mirror vsections have their reflecting surfaces meeting edge to edge and there is no frame structure at these meeting edges to obstruct the continuity of the view. The moving or swingingmir- -ror sections turnl on axes which aline substantially with the meeting edges of the mirror sections, so that these edges will not separate and leave an open gap when the 'mirror sections are moved to different rela- Fig. 3 is a sectional view,taken on the' line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view on an enlarged scale of a portion of the device in elevation.

Fig. 5 is a section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 15

Fig. 6 1s a fragmentary view of thevparts 'shown in Fig. 3, showing" the upper Speccation of Letters Patent. I Oct, 9, 1917, Application mea July 11, 191e. serial no. 108,593.

l hinge members for the side'lframes.

I have shown the'top 1 of an ordinary i mounted alongA the rear edgey ofthe'table top. The lower rail or frame member f2 may be secured to thetable cleats fin'the "usual manner.

There are posts 4, 5, r'rising up from the rail 2 and theyyare adapted to support the several mirror sections in place. The middle mirror section, 6, maybe stationary, or, as shown may be arrangedto swingen a horizontal axis so that it may be tilted when desired.'k 1F orthis purposeI have provided a pintle 7 at each side and toward-'the top v of the middle mirror section and said pintles turn'in the posts 4, 5. By means of this arrangement itis possible toswing the lower end ofthe middle section 6 forwardly orto leave it ina perpendicular position.V This feature is not new, per se, but when used in conjunction with the other features of my "dressing table, and the mirror sectionsl as invention, itadapts the. mirror to meet all n requirements.

The middle mirror section 6' comprises thel glass 9, and the frame portions 1() and 11 at the top and the bottom thereof. The

yframel preferablyV extendsjdown from the top at 12 on each side -for a'short distance and upwardly from the bottom at 13` on each side. But for the greater part of its 'length the front of the glass 9 is unobstructed by the frame at the side edges 14. The

middlev mirrorsection is adapted lto reflect right out to its side edges. 4

There are sidevsections 15 and 16 at op Y posite sides of the middle mirror section.

The side section 15 Vcomprises the glass 17 having a frame 18 around three of Vits sides and preferably the frame extends downward at 19 and upwardl at 20; but the greater part of the left hand edge ofthe glass 17 -is unobstructed bythe frame 18.'

The side section 16 comprises the Vglass 21, a frame 22 'around three sides thereof and the extensions 23, 24; and the glass-21vis funobstructed by the frame along 'its right edge. Y

The side sections 15, 16, are so hinged that their axes will coincide or nearly coincide with their edges 25 and 26, respectively. There are brackets 27 atthe top and bottom of the posts 4, 5, and there is a hinge connection at 28 between each of these brackets and the frame extensions' 19' 7 20, 23, Ql. The axes of these hinges are' sub'-YV` stantially in line with the' edges 25, 2G, of

the side sections, 15, 16.

The three sections may all be arranged to lie in a common plane and the several glasses 9, 17 and 21 will then appear as if they were all one; that is, they will serve as would a single mirror equal in size to all three. When it is desired to place the sections ink position for viewing by double reflection the side or back ofthe head or body, the-n the side sectionsx 15, 1 6, are swungJ on their hinges to any desired ang-le in relation to the middle section. But when the side sections are placed atvany angle to the middle section the adjacent edges of the glasses of the several sections will remain juxtaposed and form a practically continuous refie'ctingl Surface, unobstructed by any intermediate frame structure. The edge 25 of the right section will lie close to the edge 14S of4 the middle sectionl and the edge 2G of the left section will lie close to the left edge of the middle section. The reflections between the sections G, 15 and 16 will eX- tendA right to the meeting. edges of the glasses 9,17` and 21 and these edges always meet,regardless ofthe angles at which the side sections are placed. Usually the view is obstructed by portions of the frame eX- tending down the edges of both theV side and middle glasses. lilith the present device, however', it is not necessary toj move about to see parts which would ordinarily be obstructed by the intermediate frame parts;

Thevpresent device is not only simple and efficient but its appearance as a wholeis a decided improvement over prior sectional mirrors. e l Y l y Y Generally. the middle section 6 will be perpendicular when the side. sections are turned at an angle to the middle section and the middle section will be tilted on its pintles 7 only when the sections are all in the same plane.

Copiesrofvthsrpatent may be obtained for aft least ai substantial portion' of thelength of the' meeting edges whereby the mirror sections will present a substantially continuous reflecting surface, at least one of saidm-irror sections being hinged to swing on an axis corresponding substantially with the adjacent edges of said sections, whereby said mirror sections may be placed at different relative angles and form a substantially continuous reflecting surface. e,

2.'- A device of the class described comprising support, al plurality of mirror sections mounted thereon and including a middle mirror section and side sections at each side tliereof,said sections having frame portions, said side,mirrorsections having their reflecting. portions arranged edge to edge with said middle mirror section, the several sections having. the vframe portions omitted for at least` a substantial portion of the length of their respective ,meeting edges whereby the mirror sections will present i asubstantially continuous reflecting surface,

said side mirror sections being` hinged at top and bottom to swing`on aXes corresponding substantially with the respective meeting edges' of said middle and, side vsections, whereby said mirror sections may beplacedat different relative angles to each other and form a substantially continuous reflectingsurface` l e i 3. A device of the class described comprisin'g a support, a middle mirror section comprising a glass, .a frame therefor oomprisingtop 'and' bottom members and meinbers extending inwardly along. the side'edges of said glass a short distance only,wliereb`y the greater part of the side edges of' said glass are' unobstructed, said middle section.

being arranged to swing on a horizontal aXis, side sections at opposite sides of said middle sectioii,5ei`cli comprising a glass and a frame extendingk around three sides thereof `and extending inwardly a short distance only at tlie remaining, side of the glass, whereby the greater yportion of one edge of said glass `is unobstructed, and' hingesl on which said side mirror sections turn', a`rranged in line with said unobstructed side edges. p

ySigned at' the city of Grand Rapids, in the county ofKent and State of Michigan, this 6th day of July, 1916.

.rosnrn a:Y ALBEN.

ivey cents each, by" adressngfthe' "Commissioner of Patents, Washington, DI 

